# Jane Kearns

> Jane Kearns is a Series A investor at Evok Innovations (Toronto) backing Energy and Sustainability. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Evok Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evok-innovations)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janekearns
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/janekearns01
- Website: https://x.com/janekearns01

Jane Kearns is a Series A investor at Evok Innovations in Toronto focused on Energy and Sustainability. Jane Kearns is based out of Toronto, Ontario, and is the Partner at Evok Innovations and Board of Director at Rodatherm Energy. Jane previously served as Independent Board Director, Audit Committee Member, Governance Committee Member Clear Blue Technologies International. Jane Kearns attended Columbia Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 50% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 50% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 50% |
| Chemical | 1 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rodatherm Energy | A geothermal company that plumbs its boreholes with a closed loop | $38M | Series A | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Planetary | info@planetarytech.com | $11.4M | Series A | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| Planetary | Planetary develops ocean-based carbon removal technology to accelerate the natural carbon cycle. Planetary’s system purifies the mountains of alkaline rock waste left behind by large-scale mining operations, extracting the alkalinity from the rubble and putting it in the ocean, thus accelerating the carbon transition and rebalancing oceanchemistry.Planetary Technologies is on a mission to remove 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2035. |  | Series A | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| e-Zinc | Founded in 2012, e-Zinc is a Toronto, Canada, based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbonenergy future. | $31M | Series A | Jun 27, 2024 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Toyota Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toyota-ai-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Active Impact Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-impact-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anzu Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anzu-partner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BDC Capital Cleantech Practice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleantech-practice) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DNX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dnx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Evok Innovations

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Evok Innovations is a clean technology & energy transition fund leveraging the strengths of a world-class team of technologists, company builders, and climate investors.

5 contacts available at Evok Innovations.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jane Kearns | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jane-kearns |
| Jonathan Rhone | Co-founder & Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-rhone |
| Naynika Chaubey | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naynika-chaubey |
| Robert Allen | Vice President of Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-allen-2 |
| Bill Shmygol | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-shmygol-63f3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Jane Kearns invest in?

Jane Kearns invests primarily in Energy, Sustainability and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jane Kearns last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jane Kearns closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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